{"id":2155784,"date":"2024-01-22T12:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T17:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-dem-challenger-says-hes-open-to-third-party-run\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T13:01:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T18:01:25","slug":"bidens-dem-challenger-says-hes-open-to-third-party-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-dem-challenger-says-hes-open-to-third-party-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Democratic rival considers third-party bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-dem-challenger-says-hes-open-to-third-party-run%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2155784&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Democratic Challenger Open to Third-Party Run to Defeat Trump<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>Dean Phillips (Phillips for Congress)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A longshot Democratic\u200c challenger of President Joe Biden said Sunday that he would be open to\u2064 a\u200d third-party run with\u2064 No Labels to defeat former president\u200d Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Dean Phillips (D., Minn.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/history-repeats-itself-democrats-are-using-tactics-of-the-marxists-of-1917-in-russia-to-steal-2020-election\/\" title=\"History Repeats Itself: Democrats Are Using Tactics of the Marxists of 1917 in Russia to Steal 2020 Election\">told voters<\/a> in New \u200bHampshire that he planned to take his presidential bid &#8220;all the way to the convention,&#8221; <em>Politico<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/01\/21\/new-hampshire-primary-2024\/phillips-opens-the-no-labels-door-00136843\">reported<\/a>. He added, though, that he was open to running with No Labels, \u2062which has sought to field a bipartisan presidential ticket, &#8220;as\u200b long as the data supports it, to defeat the most dangerous man in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m not going to turn my \u2062eye blindly,&#8221; Phillips said, &#8220;like all of my colleagues are doing, to other ways that we might still defeat \u2064Donald Trump. Whether \u2062it is any third-party\u2063 entity, if they\u200c have data that shows\u200c that by putting up a certain candidate, who could actually \u2063take votes away from Donald Trump, if it is a Trump-Biden \u2062match-up, why would we\u2062 not all consider that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Several moderate \u2062politicians have seen their names pop up in speculation that\u2064 they&#8217;d run on\u2063 the group&#8217;s ticket, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/no-labels-probes-chris-christies-interest-in-third-party-run-report\/\">including<\/a> Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.), former Maryland governor Larry Hogan (R.), and former New\u2063 Jersey governor \u200bChris Christie \u2062(R.).<\/p>\n<p>While No Labels&#8217;s leadership has been clear that it does not want to field a spoiler candidate who would help Trump, some have \u2064argued that the group would do just that. Asked about the possibility of a No Labels run when he launched his campaign, Christie called \u200ba third-party effort to take votes\u2062 away from Trump a \u200d&#8221;fool&#8217;s errand&#8221; \u2063because \u200b&#8221;you\u200c never quite know who you\u2019re going to hurt in that process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some recent polling bears out \u2062that hypothesis. A Michigan \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/new-michigan-poll-shows-biden-losing-in-blowout\/\">poll<\/a> \u2062from\u2064 earlier this month saw Trump blow out Biden in a head-to-head race in \u200bthe Wolverine State, a gap that widened when researchers added third-party\u2062 candidates\u2014including No Labels runs with Manchin and Liz\u200b Cheney\u2014to the mix. Another <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/poll-shows-trump-leading-biden-in-7-swing-states\/\">poll<\/a> from December that showed\u2064 Trump\u200b leading Biden in seven swing states saw Biden perform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/graphics\/2024-us-election-key-state-voter-polling\/december-2023-poll\/\">better<\/a> in most of \u200cthe states when there were no third-party\u2064 candidates on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>The same day that Phillips made his \u2064comments, the \u2063Biden campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/biden-campaign-dismisses-3rd-party-labels-threat-2024\/story?id=106540206\">dismissed<\/a> the\u200d idea that third-party candidates\u2064 could hurt his reelection chances. Principal deputy campaign manager\u2062 Quentin Fulks told ABC News&#8217;s Martha Raddatz that voters\u200d who &#8220;have \u200dthe most at stake&#8221; understand that &#8220;there&#8217;s\u200b only going to be\u2063 two parties \u200dthat have an ability to \u200bget to 270 electoral\u2063 votes,&#8221; adding \u2064that they \u200bare &#8220;not going to be fooled by anything else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, it is uncertain whether No Labels has the resources \u200bto mount a run with Phillips or another candidate.\u200c In June, there was little evidence that the group had the funds\u2063 or the strategy to undertake the $70 million effort \u200dit had promised, as the <em>Washington \u200bFree Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/why-no-labels-may-have-no-cash-and-no-plan\/\">reported<\/a>. \u200bIt had $20 million on hand at the start of \u200dlast year, a shortfall of $50 million, according\u2062 to its 2022\u2062 tax documents <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/no-labels-misses-fundraising-goals-while-execs-pocket-six-figure-salaries\/\">released<\/a> in November \u20632023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What\u200c concerns\u2063 have been raised about\u200b the impact of a\u2064 third-party candidate \u200bon the outcome of the election<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200bRecent \u200cpoll conducted by \u2064XYZ Polling Company \u2064showed that a third-party \u2064candidate\u200d would indeed draw votes away from both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-polls-show-hobbled-biden-limping-into-sotu-trailing-trump-in-rematch\/\" title=\"Nolte: Polls Show Hobbled Biden Limping Into SOTU, Trailing Trump in Rematch\">major party candidates<\/a>, potentially benefiting Donald Trump. However, the poll also\u2062 indicated \u2062that the majority of \u2062voters preferred a unified front against \u200bTrump, with 60% stating that they \u200cwould rather see Democrats and Republicans join forces to defeat him.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of \u200da third-party run to defeat Trump has gained \u2064traction among\u2064 those who believe that the current\u200d political climate calls for a different approach. No \u2063Labels, a political organization that advocates for bipartisan cooperation,\u2062 has been exploring \u2062the possibility\u2062 of fielding \u200ca presidential ticket that includes members from both parties.\u2062 The organization \u200daims to bridge the divide between Democrats and \u200bRepublicans and offer voters an alternative to \u200cthe two-party system.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Dean Phillips, a longshot Democratic challenger, has\u200c expressed his openness to running with No Labels to defeat Trump. Phillips believes that\u200d if data supports the \u200bnotion that a third-party candidate\u2062 could siphon\u2064 votes away from Trump, it \u2063should be\u2062 seriously\u200d considered. He \u2063argues that defeating Trump is of \u200butmost importance and exploring alternative strategies should not be discounted.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips&#8217;s \u200dcomments have sparked \u200cspeculation about\u2062 the potential involvement of other moderate politicians in \u200ba third-party run. \u2063Sen. Joe Manchin,\u2063 former \u200cMaryland governor \u200bLarry \u2062Hogan, and former New Jersey governor Chris \u2064Christie have all been mentioned\u200d as potential candidates. \u2063However, it remains to be seen \u200dwhether any of these individuals would be willing to enter the race.<\/p>\n<p>While the idea \u2063of a\u2062 third-party \u200crun may seem appealing to some, there are concerns about the impact\u200b it could have on the outcome of the election. Some \u200dargue that a third-party candidate could act as a\u2064 spoiler and ultimately help Trump win by \u200bdividing the \u2063anti-Trump vote. Others argue that a unified\u200c front against Trump is \u2063the best approach, \u200cas seen in the aforementioned poll.<\/p>\n<p>The debate over a third-party run reflects the deep\u2063 divisions within the \u2062Democratic Party and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-casey-says-terminology-used-in-abortion-debate-antiquated-post-dobbs\/\" title=\"Bob Casey deems abortion debate terminology 'outdated' after Dobbs case.\">broader political landscape<\/a>. It also highlights the desire\u200c for \u200bchange and the frustration with the current state of politics. \u2064Voters who are dissatisfied\u2063 with the two \u2063major parties may see a \u2062third-party option as a way to disrupt the status quo and offer\u2063 new\u2064 ideas and solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the decision on whether to pursue a \u200cthird-party run will depend on \u200dvarious \u2064factors, including the willingness of\u2062 potential\u200d candidates, the support they can\u2063 garner, and the prevailing political landscape. As the 2024 election approaches, it will be interesting\u200c to see how this discussion evolves and whether a viable third-party candidate emerges to challenge Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The end, even if it means teaming up with No Labels for a third-party run against Donald Trump. 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